Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-07
THE R0THseHILDs.
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unprs1sndInn shsp II Ne Judananzsa
~ thTf city. naa eo1rted ana favored
81 II the tssRnina families a Eusopa.
1ihs riss Of this family b enc of the re-
marknhls insidsntH eonnseted with the
eSrnrlieaffoEs Of EnrOpea1 hiBtoEy. ard
Il a Al fhe more - frR ne saMa5n thsl
tha rnsmhsss bsioua 70 ~ 0uteasf ard
d0wntroddsa raee-
II vaa il the Jewish quarter q Frank
fora. asya John Reeves, the amkhoT Of
The interesting book on ~Ths R0ths-
ehllda TIE Financial RalsEs Of NationssS
from which uaOsf OF the faeta IN fhis a.
ticls sse derived, that tha foan6aH q
this hFm, Mayer Amsehel R9th8etflo.
arss skw The light. Few ChFisliaEs we're
here. he housea WeFe elpseiy kuddled
toRsshsE, and we're packed ff0m Hoof 70
roof With human beings iitiBR In 3 state
Of sqcalor; the rooms were small and
Io9 pitched, and rich and poor lived
side By siila Long after Mayer Ans
ehel had become famous he continued
| 70 live Ia ooa Of these filthy courts, and
his widow could uever Be induced %
seek smother house. He was born In
1855, and vas intended b. bis parents
70 be trained - rabbi IheoloRys
however, was not ct al 10 bis taats. he
had been born and bred % Q commun-
icy whoes whole thoaaht vas intent up-
90 the making Of money. While at col
leRe be begzn the course which ruled
bis life. He became well known Es .
collector Of coins, and his dealings m
them gave him the aequAiaiance Of sew
eral numismstists Of she nei0hoorhoOo.
he could mos have been much more
than II years old when the talent fer
business showed itself. His frst SER
Eioe vas With banking hrm named
OppeDheim. In Hanover. where be grad
a4lly feaehed tbs position Of o0.mana-
ger. Frugal and economical 10 his hab-
is. herBaveda considerable porkion Of
bis salary, and when be left Oppen-
heim's service was able 10 set 40 In
business for hInuself, dealing in old coin,
bulliou. and anything by which he
could make money. For some time be
bad hard struggle, but bis uniting
energy and honesty we're equal to the
nQhf, and be WAs soon able 10 devote
himself entirely 10 The work Of bank
or and hnaneier. One Of his earliest
investments vas to purchase the free
bold Of the house IL the JudenQaase,
which has given birth 10 one Of the
greatest financial houses Of the world.
he became widely known as the honest
Jew.
His first leap into popularity and
fame among the pEincee OF Europe,
was the suggestion Of Baron Won Es-
troh that be was suitable pefson 10
set e. financial aRsns Of the LandRraye
Of Hsese, who had . private fortune Of
360oo0O0 thaIsra. when Rotksohild
vas summoned r. wait upon him be
eound his highnesa deep in game Of
chess and came upon him unnotlced.
until. IN bis pesplexlty ct being Ia q
fair way 10 be bsAteu. he suddenly
raised bis ayes and found bis banker
Rothsehild'e direction enabled bis high
Baron ven EsiEof, after the bankers
departure, thai be had recommended
no fool. Tha Landgrave In 1906, was
severely punished By Napoleon fer
| placing his troops ct the service Of the
PEuasian and EnQligh governments for
which service he Keceived large subsi-
dies. He detsrmined b plundeg and
sack Hassa.C aessl and compel The Land.
grave 20 abdIoate. In his distress the
prince placed his money-the bulk Of
which vas In spscie-in Rothsehild's
hands, Who protested that be could not
protect Il 10 Frankfort, but bis shFewd-
ness vas equal. TO the occasion. The
French bad Frankfort in their hands,
and pfllaged Rothsohild, who had 20
give ap al his movable property, bat
the LandqFaTe's specie was safely bu.
RED Ia his cellar and garden, and e.
capsd notice. He lost all be had him
| self, bat the princes property wAs IN
touched and In his absolute control.
| With this be soon starred busin6ss
afrosh, and made such geod nBe Of the
LAnderave's thaleFs that in few years
he vas reputed 20 be richer than ever.
He SAINT the whole Of his money 20 his
son Nathan, who had already establish-
ed himself Ia London, and was able to
lend 10 10 the English govefnment.
| when the war was over, the Elector Of
Hesss Cassel returned 10 his principal
10y, and Rothsohil3 vas naturally enc
Of the first persons he vIeitAd. "You
zee before you be said te the banksr,
70 poor devil Of prince a. badly Of Is
Job was." To his astonishment, be
found his money not only untouched,
bot largely Increased In amount By TIE
uss 70 Which R0thsehild had put it. The
truth was that IL vas hired BY tbs Eng
lish 10 use n the vaFs IN which they
we're engaged 81 this time. HencefoFth
Rothschild was the "couFt Jew and
managed all the Landgravs's financial
Affairs. The Frankfort banker vas of
gssat service 10 the different European
governments 81 this time. he lent mon
81 10 each, and often assisted parties
who we're engaged In war With one an
other. One Of his greatest feats vas
| -. - a. -
lish government 10 the Duka Of yelling
$on's troops, Who we're thea engaged in
the Spanish var, and for which service
be engaged Rs50 600. when be haa
mada 1900, 900 his future accunula
tions we're then rapidly secured.
The founder Of the house, MAYER Am
achei, died on the l3th Of BeplembeF.
1912, IN bis 67th year. With his last
breath be enieined bis Ave nons, Who had |
bean summoned 10 bis bedside, 10 re-
main faithful 10 the Law of Mesea, 20
continue united 20 the end, and % an
deFsaks nothing without hfst having /
consulted theiF mother. Observe shess |
three potnts," be said, and you win /
soon Be rich among the richest and the /
world will belona 10 you" he aons, /
soon after his death, established peat
archy. Anselm Mayer retained con-
mand Of thepEiRiRAl house In Frank
fort, Solomoa vent 10 Vienna, Nathan
70 London, James 10 PARA and CAgi 20
Naples. In this way they controlled tha
money marketa Of the world. Mayer
Anschel's dying advice Vas faithfully
followed, and IN eaeh Of the great cap /
itsls Of Europe, thess sons working % L
gethsf, we're able 10 command mutual
assistance IN great cFisises and 10 take
the lead IN giganiio operations. The
times we're propitioas for then. The
States Of Europe were 81 var and could
not Ret On without the nnaneiAl aid /
WhicA the Rothschilds we're able 10 ran-
der, and TIE brothers would not naeoti-
ala loans without receiving for che husi-
ne@ large slice Of TIE principals. Ma
poleon had disturbed eli Europe, and
every loan resaltea IN the Substantial
increase Of The estates Of the Roths-
ehildA. This vas about the yeag 1919.
Tie second psFiod II NE hrm's his
tory dates from 1873 10 1876. Nathan.
who had settled IN Loadou, ouFtne tAis
tine directed their moat Important
tEanaactinnA and thar business waa
ehisny the issuing Of State loans kna
ne emission Of gUxeFuneut funds.
THIS 61stnaas raised he h0usa 10 20